Canning Vale College Yr 12 Biology Course Outline
Unit 3 Programme
Time
Content
(weeks)
1
2
3
4
Assessment
Introduction to Year 12 Biology
DNA
Replication
Protein synthesis
DNA Technologies
 genetic engineering techniques
5
DNA sequencing
DNA Profiling
Recombinant DNA
Cell Reproduction
6
Mutations
Task1 DNA Investigation
Text Pages
Nelson Biology Units
Nelson Units 3&4
Chapter 1
p’s 3-13,16-19
Nelson Units 3&4
Chapter 2
p’s36-52
Nelson Units 3&4
Chapter 5
p121-143
Nelson Units 3&4 Chapter 1
p’s 20-30
Task 2 Test 1: The
Genetic Code & DNA
Questions Set
QSet 1.1 p9
QSet 1.2 p13
QSet1.3 p19
QSet 2.1 p39-40
QSet 2.2 p 45
QSet 2.3 p49
QSet 5.1 p126-127
QSet 5.2 p131
QSet 5.3 p138
QSet 5.5 p143
QSet 5.7 p149
QSet 1.4 p30
QSet 2.3 p49
QSet 2.4 p53
Nelson Units 3&4
Chapter 2
p’s46-56,
Chapter 3
p61-85
QSet 2.5 p56
QSet 3.1 p64-65
QSet 3.2 p70
QSet 3.3 p75
QSet 3.4 p82
7
Patterns of inheritance
Nelson Units 3&4
Chapter 4 p91-120
8
QSet 4.1 p96
QSet 4.2 p104
QSet 4.3 p114
QSet 4.4 p117
Completed
Time
(weeks)
9
10
11
12
13
14
Content
Geological Timescale
Fossils
Evolution
 technological developments
 evidence
 phylogenetic trees
Natural Selection
 sources
 process
 gene flow
 genetic drift
 selection- artificial/sexual
Speciation
 causes
 allopatric
 examples
 types of evolution
Extinction
Environmental Conservation
Assessment
Text Pages
Nelson Biology Units
Task 3 Test 2:
Reproduction and
Patterns of Inheritance
Nelson Units 3&4 Chapter 6
p154-162
Task 4 Extended
Response: Fossils and
Evolution
Task 5 Investigation:
Natural Selection
16
SEMESTER 1 EXAMS
Nelson Biology Units 3&4
Chapter 7 p184-191
QSet 7.1 p188
Nelson Biology Units 3&4
Chapter 7 p192-200
Task 6 Test 3: Continuity
of Life on Earth.
15
SEMESTER 1 EXAMS
Nelson Units 3&4 Chapter 6
p165-178
Task 7 Exam
Nelson Biology Units 3&4
Chapter 7 p201-205
Questions Set
QSet 6.1 p159
QSet 6.2 p 162
QSet 6.5 p178
QSet 7.1 p188
QSet 7.2 p192
QSet 7.3 p195
QSet 7.4 p200
QSet 7.5 p204
Completed
Canning Vale College Yr 12 Biology Course Outline
Unit 4 Programme
Time
Content
(weeks)
1
Homeostasis
2
Tolerance limits
Living in a terrestrial environment
3
Assessment
Text Pages
Nelson Biology Units
Nelson Biology Units 3&4
Chapter 8 p212-214, 219-222
Nelson Biology Units 3&4
Chapter 8 p225-243
Living in an aquatic environment
9
Bacteria
10
Fungi
11
Protists
12
Viruses
13
Distribution and Evolution of disease
14
Management of disease
Xerophytes and Halophytes
Task 9 Test 4:
Homeostasis
Task 11 Investigation:
Disease Outbreak
Task 12 Test 5: Infectious
disease
QSet 8.6 p231
QSet 8.9 p243
none
Nelson Biology Units 3&4
Chapter 10 p278-280, 292 -301
Task 10 Extended
Response: Phytophthora
dieback
QSet 8.5 p227
QSet 8.8 p239
Nelson Biology Units 3&4
Chapter 8 p237-243
Nature of disease
QSet 8.4 p225
QSet 8.7 p237
Task 8 Investigation:
Temperature Regulation
4
5
6
7
8
Questions Set
Nelson Biology Units 3&4 Chapter
10 p284-287
Nelson Biology Units 3&4
Chapter 10 p288
Nelson Biology Units 3&4 Chapter
10 p289
Nelson Biology Units 3&4 Chapter
10 p280-282
Nelson Biology Units 3&4
Chapter13 p366-387
Nelson Biology Units 3&4
Chapter13 pp373-378, 347-352
QSet 10.1 p279
QSet 10.2 p280
QSet 10.6 p301
QSet 10.4 p288
QSet 10.5 p292
QSet 10.5 p292
QSet 10.3 p284
QSet 13.1 p373
QSet 13.2 p380
QSet 13.3 p386
QSet 13.4 p387
QSet 12.3 p352
School Holidays
Task 13 Exam
Completed